International Remote Scrabble Quick Guide | Game Play | Buttons | Scoring | Remote Games | Remote Games 2 | About SCORING The scoring is handled by the computer. The rules that follow are for guidence purposes only, and players do not need to calculate them manually after each player takes a turn. 1. A number at the bottom of the tile indicates the score value of each letter. The score value of a blank is zero. 2. The score for each turn is the sum of the letter values in each word(s) formed or modified on that turn, plus the additional points obtained from placing letters on Premium Squares. 3. Premium Letter Squares: A light blue square doubles the score of a letter placed on it; a dark blue square triples the letter score. 4. Premium Word Squares: The score for an entire word is doubled when one of its letters is placed on a pink square: it is tripled when one of its letters is placed on a red square. You also include premiums for double or triple letter values, if any, before doubling or tripling the word score. If a word is formed that covers two premium word squares, the score is doubled and then re-doubled (4 times the letter count), or tripled and then re-tripled (9 times the letter count). NOTE: the center square is a pink square, which doubles the score for the first word. 5. Letter and word premiums count only on the turn in which they are played. On later turns, letters already played on premium squares count at face value. 6. When a blank tile is played on a pink or red square, the value of the word is doubled or tripled, even though the blank itself has no score value. 7. When two or more words are formed in the same play, each is scored. The common letter is counted (with full premium value, if any) for each word. 8. If you player plays seven tiles on a turn, they receive a bonus. This bonus is 50 points after totaling the score for the turn. 9. Unplayed Letters: When the game ends, each player's score is reduced by the sum of his/her unplayed letters. In addition, if a player has used all of his or her letters, the sum of the other players' unplayed letters is added to that player's score. 10. The player with the highest final score wins the game.